LFI deputy François Ruffin considers it “shabby” that the Minister of Culture and the Secretary of State for the Sea went to a concert on Friday evening, just after the validation of the pension reform.
Guests who make people talk. The presence of the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak and the Secretary of State for the Sea Hervé Berville Friday evening at the concert of the American rapper Jay-Z in Paris, when the pension reform had just been validated by the Constitutional Council , aroused the indignation of part of the left. They complain about bad timing.
The images were shared Friday evening by an anonymous Internet user and have been viewed more than 1.5 million times this Saturday. We see the two members of the government dancing in the public alongside Alexandre Arnault, one of the sons of Bernard Arnault, the boss of the luxury group LVMH, at the Louis Vuitton foundation which hosted the surprise event.
The video caused annoyance on the left, not so much because of the presence as such of the two ministers at the concert, but rather because of the timing. Rallies were taking place at the same time in several cities in France, after the pension reform had just been partially validated by the Constitutional Council.
“Absolute disconnection” for LFI
LFI deputy for the Somme François Ruffin denounces a “shabby” attitude on the part of the two members of the government, deploring ministers who “wiggle their hips”, while the still much criticized pension reform has just been validated.
The deputy Nupes Antoine Léaument denounces for his part an “absolute disconnection” on the part of the two members of the executive, comparing them to Queen Marie-Antoinette and King Louis XVI.
“They celebrate when the people are in the street, headwind against their policy”, he is indignant.
“The aristocracy is having fun after having imagined having crushed the beggars”, still denounces the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain, spinning the metaphor.
“I am happy to see that Macron’s surprise promulgation of the pension reform last night did not prevent you from having a blast,” said LFI MP for Paris Sarah Legrain ironically to Rima Abdul Malak. and Hervé Berville.
“Culture does not stop” replies Renaissance
If the two ministers did not react, an elected representative of the presidential majority defended them on Twitter this Saturday, stressing that “culture and life do not stop”, despite the validation of the pension reform.
“Blaming a Minister of Culture for going to a cultural event is looking for controversy where there is none,” said Renaissance MP Mathieu Lefèvre, in response to Clémentine Autain’s tweet.
American rapper Jay-Z performed on Friday evening in a private concert for 1,500 people at the Louis Vuitton Foundation on the sidelines of an exhibition combining the work of painters Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
